Lyon County Sheriff’s Office leaders presented their 2024 annual report to the commission on Jan. 16, reporting increases in staff training, arrests and traffic enforcement along with program expansions in specialty units.

Staffing and training: The sheriff reported that conditional offers and academy graduations in early 2025 would bring staffing up toward levels not seen in more than a decade. The office recorded roughly 15,932 training hours in 2024 (about 180 hours per person on the roster, excluding academy hours).

Patrol, response and traffic enforcement: The sheriff’s office said response times have improved across priority levels in multiple patrol zones and that the department increased traffic stops from 4,171 in 2022 to 9,012 in 2024 (a 118% increase). The office issued more than 2,500 traffic citations in 2024.

Detention and programs: The jail reported 1,756 bookings in 2024. The sheriff highlighted reintroduction and expansion of inmate work crews (680 man‑hours reported), a deputy coroner program that reduced patrol deputy workload on death calls, and growing volunteer and search‑and‑rescue contributions (9,252 volunteer hours, equivalent to multiple full‑time positions). The department also reported a busy special investigations (narcotics) unit and successful outcomes in major cases, including two homicides in 2024 that were solved.

Community policing and K‑9: The office reported five operational police canines and that their use in traffic and narcotics operations produced significant narcotics seizures. School resource officers handled nearly 950 calls for service and ran prevention programs for students.

Ending: The sheriff thanked volunteers and staff and asked for continued community support for recruitment; commissioners praised the department’s efforts to lower response times and expand programs.